Books to Oregon Prisoners and Portland Books to Prisoners strive to bring books into prison libraries and directly into the hands of inmates. They have a need for books covering topics such as history, science, indigenous studies, women’s/feminism studies, African-American studies, Latina/o studies, and books in Spanish. Science fiction and fantasy are also welcome, as are dictionaries and thesauruses. They cannot accept books that contain depictions of weapons, martial arts, or nudity. They have a need for both new and used books: used books will be added to prison libraries, and new books will be mailed directly to inmates.

Please feel free to tell others about the drive. Here’s a press release that gives a little more info: 2007_bookdrivepr.pdf